deal implanted are blood

Barghest

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. Yet when the time came to honor his part of the compact, Maglubiyet reneged on the deal. In vengeance, the General of Gehenna created the soul-devouring barghests to devour goblinoid souls. The

mission of every barghest, implanted in it by the General of Gehenna, is to consume souls. It eats these souls by devouring the bodies of those it kills, preferring goblinoids. A barghest hungers for the

Teeth of Dahlver-Nar

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

tooth replaces one of your teeth as if you implanted it (potentially replacing another implanted tooth, see below). Each tooth can only be used once. Track which teeth have been used. If a tooth’s

your own teeth falls out, and the drawn tooth takes its place, resizing to fit in your mouth. Once the tooth is implanted, you gain the effect noted in the Implanted Effect column. The tooth can

Thorny Vegepygmy

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

myconid adult;myconid adults, shrieker;shriekers, and violet fungus;violet fungi (all appear in the Monster Manual). Although they prefer to eat fresh meat, bone, and blood, vegepygmies can absorb

most types of damage do it no harm. Effects that deal acid, necrotic, or radiant damage kill 1 square foot of russet mold per 1 damage dealt. A pound of salt, a gallon of alcohol, or magic that cures

Vegepygmy Chief

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

fungi (all appear in the Monster Manual). Although they prefer to eat fresh meat, bone, and blood, vegepygmies can absorb nutrients from soil and many sorts of organic matter, so they rarely go

from a Huge corpse, or sixteen from a Gargantuan corpse. Destroying the Mold Russet mold can be hard to kill, since weapons and most types of damage do it no harm. Effects that deal acid, necrotic

Vegepygmy

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

with creatures such as myconid adult;myconid adults, shrieker;shriekers, and violet fungus;violet fungi (all appear in the Monster Manual). Although they prefer to eat fresh meat, bone, and blood

to kill, since weapons and most types of damage do it no harm. Effects that deal acid, necrotic, or radiant damage kill 1 square foot of russet mold per 1 damage dealt. A pound of salt, a gallon of

Adult Sapphire Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

, I will have you know, my ancestors probably invented. 8 The sight of blood makes me queasy. Sapphire Dragon Ideals d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Ideal

by their goddess to deal with the adult sapphire dragon who has been hunting her holy spiders. 5 A forgetful and nearsighted adult sapphire dragon believes a blue dragon wyrmling is actually the

Shauth Lash

Equipment

weapon, you deal an extra 1d6 Slashing damage. This extra damage isn’t doubled. Urdefhans can train to drink blood through hollow parts of a shauth lash for a moment after hitting, and urdefhans

use it. Slow. If you hit a creature with this weapon and deal damage to it, you can reduce its Speed by 10 feet until the start of your next turn. If the creature is hit more than once by weapons that have this property, the Speed reduction doesn’t exceed 10 feet.

Thessalar

Monsters Infernal Machine Rebuild

Toxicity. Any magic item that restores hit points and can be applied to a piercing or slashing weapon (a potion, an ointment, and so forth) causes a hit with that weapon to deal extra damage to Thessalar

master alchemist and creator of monsters, whose own blood was said to possess dire magical properties. He is vainglorious, egotistical, and utterly ruthless in furthering his research. His career began

Dragon's Blood

Equipment

are more likely to interfere with Daask smugglers or deal with an addict who accidentally casts a fireball in a crowded street. The specific effects of dragon’s blood are up to you, but you can take inspiration from the Wild Magic Surge table in the Player’s Handbook.

Introduced into Sharn by Daask, dragon’s blood is a potent and highly addictive stimulant. In addition to inducing euphoria, it can enhance spellcasting ability or even temporarily imbue a user

Shauth Blade

Equipment

and are often carried (and revered) by that urdefhan’s descendants. If you score a Critical Hit against a creature that isn’t a Construct or Undead while using this weapon, you deal an

extra 1d4 Slashing damage. This extra damage isn’t doubled. Urdefhans can train to drink blood through hollow parts of a shauth blade for a moment after hitting. This weapon has the following

Infernal Contracts

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

voices (in Infernal) and spew blood when they are hugged. To enter the contract, the devil and the character making the deal must each hug a doll. When the contract is finalized, the devil keeps one

in blood. To enter the contract, the devil and the character making the deal sign the scroll in their own blood, or that of a humanoid who has been dead for no longer than 1 minute. Immediately after

Visitors to Avernus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

latest spells, clerics on missions from their gods, treasure hunters searching for lost artifacts, grim-faced merchants who deal in slaves, smugglers of soul coins, and scholars seeking firsthand

knowledge of the machinations of the diabolical realms. Adventurers come here to negotiate with powerful fiends, meddle in the Blood War, and free poor souls trapped in the Nine Hells.

The Proud Princess

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things

whatever damage they do. Her attacks always hit them and deal 2d6 + 6 slashing damage.) The Proud Princess has a quest of her own, though she will not talk about the details. She warns the characters to

worlds if you perform a certain ritual. A key component of this ritual is blood from a monstrosity (a type of creature). The thessalhydra is a monstrosity, so it can use its own blood to open a gateway

Interesting Things About Thrane

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

magewrights and wizards practice their trades, though there are fewer of them than in other nations. Every town has a militia ready to deal with supernatural threats, and people stand together to fight

system of nobility remains in place, but ultimate authority rests in the hands of the church. Queen Diani ir’Wynarn is the “blood regent,” serving as a symbolic advisor to the Keeper of the Flame. A small fraction of the population would like to see the traditional monarchy restored to power.

Vizeran's Plan

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

powerful of them. They war ceaselessly upon each other in the Abyss, and have already begun to do so here. We can play them against each other, and then deal with the weakened victors. “I believe I

empower and activate it. Then blood and battle such as this world has never seen. Any survivors among the demon lords will be sorely weakened, and should be far easier to destroy. “All I need are the

The Ring of Winter

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

searching for the ring and knew about its recent history. He suggested the formation of an alliance between Jarl Storvald and the Black Network, sweetening the deal by offering the frost giant jarl exactly

what he needed: information on the ring’s current wearer, Artus Cimber, and a drop of Cimber’s blood (which the Black Network had in its possession). Nilraun is now waiting for the frost giants to

Arkhan the Cruel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

. If the characters try to cut a deal with Arkhan — for a vial of Tiamat’s blood or help contacting the dragon queen herself — Arkhan demands the sacrifice of a good-aligned creature in exchange. Lulu

. Development The characters most likely come here to bargain with Arkhan for a vial of Tiamat’s blood in his possession. If they acquire this reliquary, they can return Tiamat’s blood to Uldrak and use it to

Blood Fury Tattoo

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

Blood Fury Tattoo Wondrous item (tattoo), legendary (requires attunement) Produced by a special needle, this magic tattoo evokes fury in its form and colors. Tattoo Attunement. To attune to this item

it regains all expended charges daily at dawn. While this tattoo is on your skin, you gain the following benefits: When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend a charge to deal an

Ghost Story Plots

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Ghost Story Plots Ghost story adventures deal with learning the story behind a haunting and ultimately resolving it. They benefit from preserving the mystery behind a spirit’s motivations until the

who can say only the words “blood,” “onions,” and “wine.” 5 Solve the murder of the countess, who drowned in the same well as her mother and grandmother. 6 Convince a stubborn miser to

Iroas

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

confident with a soldier’s demeanor, Iroas is the pinnacle of martial pride and bearing. He is stoic almost to a fault, but also exhibits a wry sense of humor. Those who honorably shed blood in Iroas’s

or a mighty bull before his followers. Whatever form he chooses, Iroas carries himself with precision and majesty at all times and doesn’t tolerate disrespect or undue informality from those who would deal with him.

Barghest

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

Maglubiyet. Yet when the time came to honor his part of the compact, Maglubiyet reneged on the deal. In vengeance, the General of Gehenna created the soul-devouring barghests to devour goblinoid souls. The

mission of every barghest, implanted in it by the General of Gehenna, is to consume souls. It eats these souls by devouring the bodies of those it kills, preferring goblinoids. A barghest hungers for

Half-Orcs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

servants of the Silver Flame who devote their lives to containing the evils of the Wastes; as a half-orc paladin, you might have been sent south on a divine mission, hoping your human blood will help you

deal with these soft creatures. You could be the orphan child of an unusual pairing, forced to find your own way in the world. But the greatest concentration of half-orcs is in the Shadow Marches

Area Information

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma

, struck through with veins of a strange blood-red stone, stand at the perimeter of this chamber. A massive humanoid figure, also carved from the strange marble, stands the center of the chamber, its arms

means blood on the altar to its dark and forgotten deity. Playing the Pillars COMBAT When combat begins, the eidolon animates the sacred statue in the center of the chamber and attacks the adventurers

15. Elemental Checkpoint

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

15. Elemental Checkpoint Blood streaks the floor here, including the smeared trail leading back to the teleport chamber and a second trail of bloody boot prints heading up the corridor to the north

scroll of protection against earth elementals, characters will probably be forced to deal with the earth elementals at least once.

Bel's Forge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

forges that furnish weapons and armor for the Blood War. An army of devils guards Bel’s fortress, and his dark magic alerts him to intruders within its walls. Strangers who venture too close are

(see “Crypt of the Hellriders”), cut a new deal with Red Ruth (see “Bone Brambles”), or perform a quest for Mephistopheles (see “Mirror of Mephistar”), they could feasibly infiltrate Bel’s fortress

Poisons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

, and other parts of the body. Injury. Injury poison can be applied to weapons, ammunition, trap components, and other objects that deal piercing or slashing damage and remains potent until delivered

through a wound or washed off. A creature that takes piercing or slashing damage from an object coated with the poison is exposed to its effects. Poisons Item Type Price per Dose Assassin’s blood

Converted Windmill: Summer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

. They keep the door to the apartment locked at all times. They have cleared area W8 of debris and painted a pentagram in blood on the floor. At the points of the pentagram are five black globs of wax

fanatics do everything in their power to enable the devils to escape. Next Encounter If the characters deal with the cult fanatics, they can chase after the fleeing spined devils by running across rooftops. Proceed with encounter 5, “Rooftop Chase.”

Bards

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

living storehouses of history and folklore. Bards know a great deal, and they tend to be willing to share what they know, or at least barter for it. The arrival of a renowned bard is a special occasion

that fire the blood of warriors in battle, and composers of the new songs and sagas relating the mighty deeds of heroes and villains. However, spellcasting is taboo among Reghed and Norhtlanders unless

Hold the Fort

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

skeleton wears a witch’s hat (actually a hat of disguise) and clutches a +1 wand of the war mage. Development To honor her end of the deal, Red Ruth reveals that Ralzala must drink the blood of a titan to

simply slips away into the Ethereal Plane and doesn’t return until they leave. The night hag can divine the location of the Wandering Emporium by spilling some of her own blood on the ground and

Mortals and Minions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

Mortals and Minions Devils and demons are far from the only combatants in the Blood War. Both sides exploit the Material Plane’s most abundant resource — mortal creatures, whose bodies and souls are

their archdevil masters, whether raiding an enemy outpost or gathering more members for the cult. When a cultist dies, its soul emerges in the Nine Hells and becomes another of the Blood War’s immortal

Roleplaying a Hag

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

she gains leverage (whether over the deal-maker or someone else). When a hag is presented with an unusual spell, a rare magic item, or a person who has a strange magical gift, she will sniff it, shake

can’t get her hands on it, she’ll value the offering highly. A visitor who offers a desirable item as a bribe or a gift is more likely to get a fair deal from the hag, or at least likely to suffer less

To the Nine Hells!

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

, as described in chapter 3. Avernus has long been a battlefield in the never-ending Blood War. Apart from clashing demons and devils, petty warlords scour the Avernian wastelands in search of treasure

characters are willing to cut deals with Avernus’s most evil denizens. The characters might broker a deal with the deposed archdevil Bel, who longs to supplant Zariel and regain his title as ruler of

Crime in Sharn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

drugs are just two of the most notorious substances available in the City of Towers and beyond. Dragon’s Blood. Introduced into Sharn by Daask, dragon’s blood is a potent and highly addictive

always unpredictable. This isn’t something a player character should want to use; adventurers are more likely to interfere with Daask smugglers or deal with an addict who accidentally casts a fireball

The Rank and File

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

Material Plane deal primarily with devils from the lower tiers of the hierarchy. All Creatures in Their Places Status is all-important to devils. Every devil knows its place in the hierarchy, and each

(rank 8), erinyes (rank 9), ice devils and narzugons (rank 10), and amnizus and pit fiends (rank 11). Lesser devils deal with these leaders on a daily basis. Ice devils are combat commanders

Fighters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

work affords the opportunity for frequent travel and danger. A good deal of danger comes from fighters who abandon legitimate employment to become bandits — raiding caravans, robbing travelers, and

pillaging isolated homesteads, manors, and villages. Out-of-luck fighters might also take part in gladiatorial fights or similar blood sports to make a living off their skills, although such matches are

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